Re: Code Signing for Dummies
Re: Code Signing for Dummies
- Subject: Re: Code Signing for Dummies
- From: Tim Murison <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:16:46 -0500
- Thread-topic: Code Signing for Dummies
>>> So do I just create self-signed certificate and select it in the Xcode
>>> build settings and that's it? Everything is as desirable and as
>>> functional as need be?
>
>> Pretty much. Although in future versions Apple may elect to nag if the
>> certificate is not signed by a trusted root authority.
>
> So what's the point?
Apple can assume 2 applications calling themselves the same thing, with
different versions, signed with the same self-signed cert were published by
the same person, and by extension, that any user preferences (firewall and
parental controls, are the only preferences that use code-signing at the
moment) associated with that application apply to the new version.
That said, 10.5's code-signing is not the final destination of this feature
in OS X. They will extend the scope of code-signing tech in 10.6 and on. It
was stated on another mailing at some point that Apple may choose to force
non-code-signed applications down different execution paths.
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